Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Bhutan

Vulnerable employment in Bhutan in 2025 — 69.03%. Ranked 155 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 8.88 pp.

2025 69.03% −0.37 pp vs 2024
World rank 155of 182
Period maximum 77.9%1991
Period minimum 69.03%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Bhutan, 1991–202567.57072.57577.58019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 77.9%1992: 77.44%1993: 76.96%1994: 76.51%1995: 75.99%1996: 75.5%1997: 75.06%1998: 74.66%1999: 74.18%2000: 73.78%2001: 73.31%2002: 72.79%2003: 72.29%2004: 71.82%2005: 71.35%2006: 70.93%2007: 70.38%2008: 70.02%2009: 69.64%2010: 69.09%2011: 70.9%2012: 70.8%2013: 70.89%2014: 71%2015: 72.8%2016: 72.3%2017: 71.85%2018: 71.51%2019: 70.73%2020: 70.54%2021: 70.2%2022: 69.85%2023: 69.71%2024: 69.4%2025: 69.03%
Change over the period: −8.88 pp Annual average: -0.26 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bhutan

Bhutan 69.03%
World 42.38%
South Asia 69.74%
Southern Asia computed 67.36%
Vulnerable employment — Bhutan, by year Bhutan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 69.03 −0.37 pp
2024 69.4 −0.31 pp
2023 69.71 −0.14 pp
2022 69.85 −0.35 pp
2021 70.2 −0.34 pp
2020 70.54 −0.2 pp
2019 70.73 −0.78 pp
2018 71.51 −0.34 pp
2017 71.85 −0.45 pp
2016 72.3 −0.5 pp
2015 72.8 +1.8 pp
2014 71 +0.12 pp
2013 70.89 +0.09 pp
2012 70.8 −0.1 pp
2011 70.9 +1.8 pp
2010 69.09 −0.54 pp
2009 69.64 −0.38 pp
2008 70.02 −0.36 pp
2007 70.38 −0.55 pp
2006 70.93 −0.42 pp
2005 71.35 −0.47 pp
2004 71.82 −0.47 pp
2003 72.29 −0.51 pp
2002 72.79 −0.52 pp
2001 73.31 −0.47 pp
2000 73.78 −0.4 pp
1999 74.18 −0.48 pp
1998 74.66 −0.4 pp
1997 75.06 −0.44 pp
1996 75.5 −0.49 pp
1995 75.99 −0.52 pp
1994 76.51 −0.45 pp
1993 76.96 −0.48 pp
1992 77.44 −0.46 pp
1991 77.9

About the indicator

The share of own-account workers and contributing family workers in total employment. The ILO devised the category as a substitute for informal employment where informality is not measured: such workers usually have no employment contract, no social insurance and no protection against dismissal, and their income depends directly on what they produce. In the poorest countries this share exceeds three quarters of the employed — wage work there is closer to an exception.

Important: Not the same as informal employment: an employee without a contract does not fall into this category, though they are no better protected. The indicator understates informality in countries where off-the-books hiring is widespread.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.